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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-8 / C-24
    Latest Model:DC-8-73CF
    Construction Number:46149
    Last Civil Registration:N831AL
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-8-73CF cn 46149 cr N831A...
    Latest Owner or Location:Wilmington Trust Co TR, Miami, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    1970

    Constructed as a DC-8-63CF.

    From 12 March 1971 to December 1979

    To World Airways with new c/r N803WA (DC-8-73, 46149).

    From November 1976 to December 1976

    Leased to Air Algerie.

    October 1978


    Photographer: Carl Ford
    Notes: Douglas DC-8-63CF N803WA - World Airways at London Heathrow in June 1978.

    May 1981

    To Oman Royal Flight with new c/r A40-HM.

    May 1981

    Converted to a DC-8-73CF.

    Circa August 1981


    Photographer: Peter Cook
    Notes: At London Heathrow

    29 August 1981


    Photographer: Carl Ford
    Notes: DC-8-73CF A40-HMQ at London Heathrow on 29th Aug 1981.

    1982

    To Oman Royal Flight with new c/r A40-HMQ.

    1 July 1993

    To AFG with new c/r N785AL.

    11 November 1993

    To Southern Air Transport with new c/r N874SJ.

    25 June 1994

    Leased to Air India.
    Operated by Southern Air Transport.

    1995


    Photographer: Reinhard Zinabold
    Notes: N874SJ - McDonnell Douglas DC-8-73CF - Air India Cargo(leased from Southern Air Transport and operated in basic Southern-colours) at Zurich-Kloten Airport (ZRH) in 1995

    From 27 December 1999 to 16 October 2007

    To Wilmington Trust Co TR, Miami, FL with new c/r N831AL.
    Operated by Airborne Express Air.
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